Sectional album.



PATENTED APR. 23

J. AIMUDD. SEGTIONAL ALBUM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1906.

' UNTTE JOHN ALEXIS MUDD, OF UNITED STATES NAVY.

SECTIONAL ALBUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed June30, 1906. Serial No. 824,228.

T0 at whon'z it may concern:

Be it known that I, JouN ALnxrs Mum), a citizen of the United States, ofthe United States Navy, and a pay-inspector in the United States Navy,stationed at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Il aimishire have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Albums; and I do herebydeclare the following to be aiull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in albums for photographs, postalcards, stamps, scrap books, or the like, and it consists in providing analbum built up of a series of independent detachable signatures whichare conveniently assembled and taken apart when desired, and in whichthe album may be "built up as the collection contained therein isincreased.

' My invention will be understood by reiterence to the accompanyingdrawings, which for the purpose of illustration show a practicalembodiment of the invention and in which the same parts are indicated bythe same letters throughout the several views.

Figure l is a perspective view of an improved. album composcd of fourseparate signatures or album sections bound. together. Fig. 2 is an endview on an exaggerated scale of a similar album composed of threesignatures or album sections connected together in a single structure,parts being broken away and the pocket sections being shown greatlyenlarged for the purpose of illustration. Fig. 3 is a perspective Viewof one of the album sections adapted to be assembled into the album,partly open. Fig. 4 is a detail, showing in perspective one of thepocket leaves or binders used in connecting two of the album sectionstogether. Fig. 5 is a detail, showing the album cover before any oil thealbum sections are inserted, parts being shown in section.

A represents the cover 01 the album which is made entirely separate fromthe sections adapted to be contained therein. This cover contains theusual front and back flaps or covers, which are prel oralilyprovhledwith pock ets a and which are connected by the flexible back a so foldedas to allow the album to be built up to the desired thickness by theaddi tion of fresh sections, and at the same time presenting a neatappearance, irrespective of the number 01' sections that may becontained therein.

Brepresents one of the sections which has a flexible back I)" preferablymade or strong thin paper, with the leaves slightly tapered along theiredge as at b Fig. 3, to slip into the pocket binders 1). Connected tothe flexible covers I)", as by stitching, are a plurality of leaves I)made of suitable material for pasting on the photographs, postal cards,or the like. One of these leaves may be cut away as at If forconvenience in connecting thereto the pocket binder b. This pocketbinder may be connected to the part b by a suitable strip which may beprovided with a weakened line so that the pocket binder maybe readilydetached and drawn out when desired. These strips b may also be employedto more firmly secure the pocket binder b in position over the adjacentouter leaves I)" of the sections, for it is obvious from Fig. 2 that ifdesired the strips I), which form a part of the signatures or sections,maybe pasted to the inner face oi the pocket binder.

In use, one section B maybe initially bound in the cover A, by insertingthe end tapered leaves 1) into the pocket sections a, it beingunderstood that they are loosely set therein and are held in position byextending substantially to the outer end of the pocket. The back of thecover a will then be folded in a substantially collapsed position.

After the leaves of the single section have been filled up andadditional room is desired in the album for further pictures, the pocketbinder b is detached. from another section, and the end leaf 1) of thebound section is then withdrawn from its pocket (1/, and the end leaf1)" of the new section is placed thcrcin. Then the end leaves I)" of thetwo sections lic adj acont to each other in a position to receive thebinding pocket I), which, to gcthcr with the pockets a, lirmly hold thetwo sections within the cover. At the'same time it will be observed thatthe pocket member I) does not only act as a binder for holding theadjacent leaves ol the two sections together, but also serves asa leafitself on which pictures may be aflixed. In the drawings, especially inFig. 2, thispocket binder l) is shown greatly enlarged for the purposeof illustration, but in commercial use it is substantially the samethickness as the leaves of the section, or sufficient to receive thethin outer leaves b forming the back of the section.

It will be readily apparent from Fig. 2, that any additional number ofsections may be inserted, and for each section inserted the flexibleback a of the cover proper is of course distended, as shown for instancein Fig. 2, but in all positions is of a neat appearance. Thusit will beseen that each section or signature is a unit of a sectional album, andthe photographs or the like may be pasted on the various leaves I), asdesired, and it will also be seen that the pockets (1 of the cover 'willserve as a convenient place for keeping unmounted pictures C, it beingunderstood, of course, that the pocket a is made of a suitable flexiblematerial.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is i 1. A sectionalalbum comprising a plurality of album sections, each having a pluralityof leaves, in combinationwith me ans securing together the adjacentouter leaves of said sections, comprising a member longitudinallycircumscrioing said adjacent outer leaves, substantially as described.

2. A sectional album comprising a plurality of associated albumsections, each having a plurality of leaves in combination with meanssecuring together the adjacent outer leaves of said sections, comprisinga pocket member enveloping said adjacent outer leaves, and said pocketmember forming with the leaves of the sections a leaf of the album,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a cover having a folding back, of a plurality ofindependent album sections contained within. said cover,

I I I 1 means for securing the ad acent leaves of each pair of sectionstogether, and means for securing the outer leaves of the end sections Jrespectively to the front and back of said cover, the Whole constructedand operating to form a complete album of varying capacity built up ofdetachably connected i11(lependent album sections, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a sectional album, the combination with a cover provided withpockets extending along the inside face of the back and front thereof,of a plurality of album sections disposed within said cover, and meanssecuring the adjacent leaves of each pair of said sections together, theouter leaf of the end sections being'inserted within its respectivepocket, substantially as described.

5. In a sectional album, the combination with a cover having its backand front foldably connected together and said back and front being eachprovided with a pocket extending along the inner face thereof, of aplurality of album sections contained within said cover, the outer leafof each end section being inserted within its respective pocket, andmeans detachably securing the adjacent leaves of each pair of saidsections together, comprising a sliding pocket member enveloping saidadjacent leaves, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN ALEXIS MUDD.

Witnesses JOHN E. CoLooRn, WILLIAM H. GoonnUE.

